The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia [Paperback]

Penny Simkin (Author), Ruth S. Ancheta (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0632052813 | ISBN-13: 978-0632052813 | Publication Date: March 15, 2000 | Edition: 1

This is the first comprehensive compilation of problem-based, low cost, low risk measures to prevent or treat difficult labor. These measures are logically used before higher-cost, higher-risk interventions. The book is arranged so that a busy midwife can find desired information quickly using flowcharts, plentiful illustrations, and minimal text presented in a systematic approach to specific conditions. The book also provides sections of more detailed text for use when the reader has time to consider the same topics more deeply. The text is carefully tied to research sources, and integrates ideas originating in both the medical model and the midwifery model of birth.

Editorial Reviews

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"The focus of support, position, maternal comfort, and safety is one that should be used by anyone caring for laboring women. It encourages thoughtful diagnosis and intervention in an ordered and sensible manner." Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Book Description

Dystocia or failure to progress in labor is the main reason for cesarean deliveries. The second edition of this successful text focuses on simple non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult labor. It describes positions, movements and techniques based on principles of anatomy, physiology and psychology of childbirth. The Labor Progress Handbook is organized by stage of labor for easy reference, enabling the care giver to quickly identify appropriate low cost, low risk interventions and treat dystocia effectively, at an early stage before it becomes severe. The new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on assessing progress in labor, together with new sections on managing labor pain, normal labor and additional positions and maneuvers. The rationale for all techniques is included based on the authors' clinical experience and wherever possible on the underlying evidence base. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 206 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0632052813
• ISBN-13: 978-0632052813
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #804,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Birth professionals: Don't leave home without this book!, November 5, 2000

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This review is from: The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia (Paperback)

Every once in awhile, a book on childbirth comes along that is a standout. The Labor Progress Handbook is one of those books, but what else would one expect from Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta? The authors have produced a lucid, logical, beautifully organized, clearly written, bounteously illustrated, meticulously documented book that gives birth professionals a systematic, practical basis to prevent, diagnose, and treat poor progress in labor. Approaching dystocia holistically, the authors consider the effects of the woman's emotional state, her environment, and the impact of hospital or caregiver policies and attitudes in addition to the standard "powers, passage, passenger" explanation for labor progress. And they are woman centered: the laboring woman is the active agent in resolving difficulties, and the unacceptability of a recommendation always contraindicates its use. If you teach about labor, care for laboring women, or work as a doula or birth assistant, you should--no, must--read this book.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book for anyone involved in childbirth!, May 3, 2000

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Alicia Huntley CNM MSN (concord, nh USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia (Paperback)

This deceptively slim book is jam-packed with useful information that can be used by just about anyone involved in childbirth today. I have recommended it be added as a textbook to the midwifery program where I teach, and I am planning to purchase a copy for the nursing station of the hospital where I work. The illustrations are very informative, the text is well organized, and the suggestions are well-documented both from research and from anecdotal evidence.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo!, March 31, 2000

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Ann Grauer (Wauwatosa, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia (Paperback)

At last, a book for all birth professionals that is concise, informative and in an "easy-to-look-up" format! There is a bibliography at the end of each chapter, allowing the professional to give citations to clients and to allow her to actually read the studies if she so chooses.

The size of the book makes it easy for a doula to throw into her birth bag or for a nurse to have handy on a labor and delivery unit. The amount of information packed into its' size is incredible.

I now heartily recommend this book to all of my birthing friends and doulas who take my training. Bravo, Penny and Ruth! And thanks for making the evidence easier to access!